Win 7 not loading/freeze up issue possible fix

[rdoble1]

OK has happened 90% of time I try to start game. Tried suggested ways to get it running etc etc. Very frustrating. Shot in dark deleted AkSoundEngine.dll game now loads and sound still works. Red error message in corner but loads ok 3x now. Will play for while and see if stable.

[AkagiVoid]

Originally posted by rdoble1:

OK has happened 90% of time I try to start game. Tried suggested ways to get it running etc etc. Very frustrating. Shot in dark deleted AkSoundEngine.dll game now loads and sound still works. Red error message in corner but loads ok 3x now. Will play for while and see if stable.

Dis issue is well know already.
--> https://steamcommunity.com/app/1750770/discussions/0/3723944912969631208/

[rdoble1]

Just saying deleting that 1 file fixed my problems. Runs fine now. Anyone having similar freeze/crash issues may want to give it a try.

[TheAbyssGazesAlso]

I mean, Win7 is pretty old. It's a bit bonkers to expect a developer to support it anymore...

[PaffaLon™]

Originally posted by TheAbyssGazesAlso:

I mean, Win7 is pretty old. It's a bit bonkers to expect a developer to support it anymore...

At the same time, we have more users using win7 over win11 today. win 10 is somewhere in the middle.

[TheAbyssGazesAlso]

Originally posted by PaffaLon™:

Originally posted by TheAbyssGazesAlso:

I mean, Win7 is pretty old. It's a bit bonkers to expect a developer to support it anymore...

At the same time, we have more users using win7 over win11 today. win 10 is somewhere in the middle.

Windows 7 left official support almost 3 years ago (it will be three years next month). It's unreasonable in the extreme to expect a developer to support it, and all the time he wastes getting the program to work on an OS that was deprecated three years ago is time he's not spending working on the game. Upgrade your PC.

[rdoble1]

I`m not asking for help, offering possible solution after hours of frustration trying to get the game to run. Comprende? Many people still use 7. If you have 7 and stuck at wits end try this! Game runs like top now.

[Zygos]

Hey, I was having the same issue, and this fixed it for me. So really appreciate the suggested fix.

And yeah, its an older operating system, but I don't trust windows 10. And I certainly don't trust Windows 11, and honestly if I choose to run this operating system, isn't it really rude to say something like 'Upgrade your PC', maybe you should mind your own business.

[Matalus]

Originally posted by Zygos:

Hey, I was having the same issue, and this fixed it for me. So really appreciate the suggested fix.

And yeah, its an older operating system, but I don't trust windows 10. And I certainly don't trust Windows 11, and honestly if I choose to run this operating system, isn't it really rude to say something like 'Upgrade your PC', maybe you should mind your own business.

Nothing personal but as an IT Professional when someone says they "Don't trust" an OS and choose to use deprecated software, There literally can be no logical reason, Win 7 has just as much phone home and metadata harvesting as any other version, but the main downside is security patching and CVE vulnerability, there's a good chance your computer already has some malicious code running on it.

if you truly "Don't trust" OS's you'd be using Linux

[Xan245]

Originally posted by PaffaLon™:

Originally posted by TheAbyssGazesAlso:

I mean, Win7 is pretty old. It's a bit bonkers to expect a developer to support it anymore...

At the same time, we have more users using win7 over win11 today. win 10 is somewhere in the middle.

A quick glance at the Steam HW Survey shows <2% of users are on Windows 7 while Windows 11 has a 28% share of the user base and Windows 10 has 65%.

Either way, the OP is providing a potential solution to that <2% of potential users who may be having trouble with the game.

[Seekerone8]

OP, thank you for this info. When I bought this game it ran fine on my win7 machine. I just started it up again after this recent content patch and it wouldn't load past the splash screen. Doing as you said (I renamed the file instead of deleting) allows the game to load normally and i've been playing it fine since.

Something in that file is preventing the game from working on win7, yet that file doesn't seem to be required to run the game. Has anyone else who has done this noticed anything missing or anything else not working correctly? Guess I'll find out eventually.

Thanks again, OP.

[justkevin]

The file is part of Wwise, which handles music. So without it you won't have music.

Relatedly, Steam has announced that the Steam client will not run on Win 7/8 after the end of 2023.

[LeeDavis]

Well, I still use win 8.1 because I have to, for personal reasons. I was hoping Starcom might be compatible with win 8, so I googled it. Hope you can get it to work on your win 7. I agree, that older OS's have security issues, but that is on me if I do something stupid to open the door for a hacker.